WFPB Banana Walnut Oatmeal Recipe

March 16, 2020

This is an ode to that delicious banana-walnut bread we all love so much — only in oatmeal form! Forget turning on the oven for this recipe as the yummy flavors can be combined on your countertop and all cooked up on your stovetop!

I love using steel-cut oats as they sit in your tummy longer than regular quick oats (but, steel-cut oats also take a little longer to cook, so you get what you put in!); however, quick oats also work well here– just be sure to have everything ready before cooking since it’s, you know, quicker ;).

Ingredients

2 bananas (1.5 bananas to be used for mashing — the remaining half will be used for garnish)

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 tablespoon maple syrup

1/4 cup walnut pieces

pinch of nutmeg (optional)

Garnish:

1/2 banana (cut into slices)

a few walnut pieces

dash of ground cinnamon

light drizzle of maple syrup

sprinkle of hemp hearts

Directions

Place oats, water and salt into a pot over high-heat and bring to a boil, stirring ocassionally. Once at boiling point, lower heat to a simmer. Add in almond mylk. Keep Stirring.

In a small bowl, mash up the bananas with a fork until it becomes very mashed (about 30 seconds). Add in ground cinnamon, maple syrup, walnuts (and nutmeg if using) and mix all together.

Place all ingredients from your bowl into the pot with oatmeal, turn off the heat, and mix well to incorporate. (note: if you’d like your oatmeal a little more thick and less liquidy, continue cooking until it reaches your desired consistency 🙂).

Place a serving into a bowl and garnish with sliced bananas, some more walnut pieces, dash of cinnamon, light drizzle of maple syrup and some hemp hearts if you have on hand! (hemp hearts add omega-3’s!)